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Timely diagnosis of serious diseases with smart mobile tool
A key challenge for researchers worldwide for decades has been finding practical solutions to detect proteins,…
Bandages Light Up When In Contact With Certain Chemicals
A new 'living material'—a tough, stretchy, biocompatible sheet of hydrogel injected with live cells that are…
Do you have Lyme disease? Your wearable can tell you
Whilst flying to Norway for a family vacation last year, Stanford Professor Michael Snyder was wearing a Basis…
Ingestible Electronics Powered Through Gut Fluids
Now ingestible electronics which travel through the gut within pill-like capsules, can release drugs, whilst…
Sensors designed to detect single protein molecules
MIT engineers have designed sensors that can detect single protein molecules as they are secreted by cells or even…
Protein fingerprinting to understand neurodegenerative diseases
Engineering researchers have demonstrated a technique for precisely measuring the properties of individual protein…
Health monitoring wearables know when you are getting ill
According to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, wearable sensors that monitor…
Graphene temporary tattoo measures vital signs
With the same precision as bulky medical equipment, a graphene health sensor that goes on the skin like a temporary…
Smartphone diagnostic reader for antimicrobial resistance
An automated diagnostic test reader for antimicrobial resistance using a smartphone has been developed by a team of…
New approach to microfluidics for quicker detection of CTCs
Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) are key early indicators of metastasis, which is the process by which cancer cells…